128. [Oath of Allegiance, &c.] Every Member of the Senate or House
of Commons of Canada shall before taking his Seat therein take and
subscribe before the Governor General or some Person authorized by him,
and every Member of a Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly of
any Province shall before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe
before the Lieutenant Governor of the Province or some Person authorized
by him, the Oath of Allegiance contained in the Fifth Schedule to this
Act; and every Member of the Senate of Canada and every Member of
the Legislative Council of Quebec shall also, before taking his Seat
therein, take and subscribe before the Governor General, or some Person
authorized by him, the Declaration of Qualification contained in the
same Schedule.
129. [Continuance of existing Laws, Courts, Officers, &c.] Except
as otherwise provided by this Act, all Laws in force in Canada,
Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick at the Union, and all Courts of Civil
and Criminal Jurisdiction, and all legal Commissions, Powers,
and Authorities, and all Officers, Judicial, Administrative, and
Ministerial, existing therein at the Union, shall continue in Ontario,
Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick respectively, as if the Union had
not been made; subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as are
enacted by or exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of
the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,) to
be repealed, abolished, or altered by the Parliament of Canada, or by
the Legislature of the respective Province, according to the Authority
of the Parliament or of that Legislature under this Act.
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